Creating a Torque Bracelet in Silver

The torque is a necklace of Celtic origin which was subsequently used by the Gauls.

By extension, a torque bracelet designates a bracelet with an identical design to that of a torque necklace.

It is a large rigid bracelet made of a large metal wire (smooth or braided) ending with balls at the ends.

The torcs used by the Celts or Gauls were made of iron, copper or gold but rarely of silver.

In this case, we present to you step by step the creation of a custom-made Celtes torque bracelet in solid silver.

This silver men’s bangle bracelet was made in our jewelry workshop allowing you to create personalized jewelry.

View of engraving on men’s solid silver torque bracelet weighing approximately 110 grams, custom made bangle

Our customer, a lover of this type of jewelery and already owns one, wanted a made-to-measure and personalized engraved silver torque.

He then provided us with the details of his project and the recordings to be reproduced.

Our customer’s torque bracelet serving as a design illustration for dimensions

Details of the incisions to be reproduced on the torque.

Model the silver bracelet

Our work begins by making silver tubes that we will use to create the structure of the bracelet.

Given its size, 9 millimeters in diameter at most, we made the bracelet from a tube so that it is not too heavy to wear.

Plate in rolled silver

The work begins with the rolling of the silver plate to make tubes following the procedure shown in the image below.

Torch and hammer are used to shape our silver plate into a tube by stamping.

Once the tubes have been made, they must be bent and then adapted to each other and then assembled by welding.

In this wayCwe get our bracelet with a very particular shape.

LikewiseCThe terminal spheres are made by molding two half-shells which are then welded and then adapted to the bracelet.

The hemispheres printed before assembly

The silver balls, hollowed out, before their installation at the ends of the pair

The ends are then welded into place.

The bracelet is also rough in welding and is not very beautiful it must be said.

We then resume the work with careful polishing.

The finalized pair but without the engravings

Engraving on bracelet

This engraving operation is quite complex, because it is performed freehand on a curved surface.

Furthermore, the engravings are numerous and constitute the soul of this bracelet, so you shouldn’t go wrong.

The reproduction of the Celtic knots was by far the most complicated engraving to reproduce.

The engraving pattern is first drawn onto the metal.

The design is then engraved step by step.

Engraving in progress

Once the engraving stage is complete, we can then polish the pair and blacken the hollow engraving so that it stands out well, as shown in these photos.

Torque bracelet worn on the wrist, we can see the size of the bracelet and the rendering of the blackened engraving.

If you are interested in such a project, please do not hesitate to contact us via our online quote form.

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